Pregnant Carrie Underwood Is Going Vegetarian (for Now)

While most folks in America were eating turkey this Thanksgiving weekend, there were a few holdouts. Having been a vegetarian for 21 years, I was one of them. Carrie Underwood, who is pregnant with her first child, was another.

"I have been vegetarian for about ten years now. With pregnancy, I am definitely going more on the vegetarian side, but as soon as I am not pregnant anymore I will go back to being vegan," she said. "I try to keep it as healthy as possible and try to take care of myself. And, you know, putting good things in!"

Natalie Portman had a similar strategy, switching from veganism to a less-strict vegetarian diet during her 2011 pregnancy.

I remained vegetarian all the way through my pregnancy too; it's a completely healthy choice that should, along with any choices regarding diet or activity you make during pregnancy, be reviewed with your doctor. (Mine suggested iron supplements along with my standard prenatal vitamins.)